Description
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Alpine is a landform that is made from rocks and earth. Usually it has steep sloaping sides and sharp or slightly rounded ridges and peaks.They can be rocky. Some have trees growing on their sides. The temperture becomes colder the higher the altitude gets. A mountain is only a mountain when it is steeper than a hill. It can be snowy even in the summer at the top of the mountains. In the winter the weather can be very extream and even dangerous. Sometimes there are landslides where the snow tumbles down the mountian. This can be very dangerous and can be caused by very small things like people walking in the snow or even animalsstar.png.